Manure-spreader.



T. BROWN. MANURE SPREADER. APPLIGATION Hun JAN. 24, 1910,

1, 1 26,698. Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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3M lzforney "Fig. 3 represents an embodiment 0| my in UNITED STATES PATENT PHEOPHILUS BROWN, OF ASSIG'NUR TC? RYQHAPJD Iii MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF \VORBES'IRB MASSACHUSETES A 'IQGESPQ za'FTTGliZ E? if MASSACHUSETTS.

MANURE-SPREADER.

Specificatisn at Letiers Hat-cut 1,126,698. luicuwd Fishy ii i 5.

Applisation flied January 2%. 19in. Serial No 539.631.

As the beater KIECQSSilIiiY revolves iii :1 i-' To all whom it may; concern:

spun} it is iinpractimbie to sniitvr' Be it known that I, THEOPIIILUS Bm'iwix',

a. citizen of the United States, 1'esiding xii Prensa the diameter nf the iiififm' Worcester, in the county of Wnrccstm and iiiai nnw in UULHJHUH Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ha i s in ii i tin: object 0i my iiii x vented a new and useful Improvement in \"iiiii ihtifin wiiei'i-iiy tin: siclv, MannreSpreaders, of which file fn'iiuwing body may in mimic cwnairimii is a specification, accompanied by drawings. the length (If th s iin fv min-v 1;. forming a part of the same, in wiiii:ii---- 01ml wiilmnt iii('3(?l=$llli tin: 8i

Figure 1 is a side view of ii Iiiifliill'tl: spreader embodying my mprovcinenb. Fig. 2 1S :1 side elevation shown in seciwnai view.

vention in a modified form. Fig. -iis ii d1 tached View of my improved appsuntu; in

a diiierent positiun.

Similar reference (imrnctem refer in simiia" parts in the 'd' Jl'Bnt figures. i'(iii-i'i'ilfii il'l ii waiiign iiw ir i i -z' Mypresentinventinnreiatestocei'inin1m Hui ni' iiii: inuki-mny he fin-law? movements in manure Spreaders iii? tnv min iHOK'PLi iorwiini, as it ap' ii'm mon and Wei] known type Whivii coini 'iribv u tiara! piam: of tin beating ii body having :1 ninviiiiin bottom by which Jim 1mg His n 'i i' pm in 01' Pan'- manure is carried marwm ii'ly against tin innin fliFOYl Liin bvntvr mm in i t 'H.

teeth of :i revnlving beater join-nailed at Lina huz'iznninliy i'flfilwullai (.wvr iii! :1

rear and open 9nd of the body, said i'ieatm:

operativeiy connected with the rear ifllpshown txw emimriiii-writs M Porting wheels of -tlie spreader. as nun Hiiiiiiiiiifiiiifi fmilflfiiii': iiicommonly practieied, (31' in any nthcr suit pnrpvs r.

enable the 1103 used in be of greater dignth imiiy, an nniilws pi-n il rm.

than the vertical height. of the revolving 53M? mutton: and il ii'l'iii'i at E 5' heater, by tin. umpioyment of higher Eii'ivH. tiw iiULij' upon xiii-1 1L332 heir whereby an equivaient 10nd may be carried in Man mum? iniinnm' in Y: Y, s Hi by the use of a shorter body than that c0m- (MES to move iii? up??? swi siin ni' thv i (zines. viii-in iii nprsn-iiiing in 512v 1M1 Mannie SIH'UBGQI'JH en'ipinying d mil-Hing uri-m ii i ink-win" (il' i bean: imii'naileii in imi'iznntiil hearings dis :lfj-Eliifit iiw mic-iii iii i run tribute tile iUiHi by il siii's-iliiing or niicing: iii'i wi in iii mini mamzn-iwiitm' against roar and iii thu imu'i as Mimi i1. i-Hltfi 1 rim- 1 w v 53-3 Him movable iinttam ioi' tiiv nii'wimiir w n-i ntiuii in" ii limiter of tins, Sass tin- \ifl'idli depth of the ioa d as prest-iiivii to ihii uiiirr in m fil m 1:! i i i should uni; exceed the diameter 0i fin? iiuuirr. ii); i u; the imi ium'i The vertical height of {M sink- 1 If iw iii'ig fili iii the iinmii-zi-iiii 1 Siiiflfltifll' body have: tiiuz'cfum iwcii iiniitni. ii i-iiii iiiz f; iiw

requiring an extension in 'iiic ivnp iii (if the body to provide moi-Faxed r0021; Ui' Liv? 10nd.

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the load which lies above the plane of the revolving beater hymn moving rearwardly over t is top of the beater, I apply to the body a mechanism for moving the rear and 5 upper portion of the load forward in order to keep the space directly above the beater entirely clear. The mechanism employed by me for that purpose, as represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. consists of a crank shaft 8 o journaled in bearings mounted upon the top of the sides and provided with a sprocket wheel 9 driven by a smaller sprocket wheel 10 on the shaft of the heater 5, Extending transversely across the body but within the sides 1. 1, is a plate 11 to one side of which are attached bearings 12 which inclose cranks 1-3 on the crank shaft 8. To each end of the plate 11 I attach an arm 14 pivotally connected by a link 15 with a fixed bracket o 16 attached to the rear end of the body. As

the crank shaft 8 is rotated, a circular movement. concentric with the crank shaft, will be imparted to the plate 11, and by the pivotal connection of the arm 4 with the fixed 26 brackets 16 through the link 15 a slight rocking movement will be imparted to the plate 11 on the crank 13 as the plate is car-- ried in a circular path around the crank shaft. to which rotary motion isimparted in 30 the direction of the arrow 17. A 7

One position of the plate 11 is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but when the crank shaft has made one half a revolution from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the crank shaft and connected plate will assume the position shown in Fig. 4, in which position the plate 11 is being moved downwardly. The lower edge of the plate 11 is provided with a series of teeth 18 which are carried into engagement with any manure at the top of the lower edge which may have been moved rearwardly by the movement of the bottom 2, and the manure so engaged by the continued rotation of the crank shaft will be thrown forward as the plate 11 and teeth 18 assumethe position shown in Figs. 1 and The continued rotation of the crank shaft 8 will therefore result in a continued movement of the top of the load forward as i it approaches the beater.

uring the rearward movement of the movable bottom, 2 anv portion of the top of the load which mav be moved into the area between the too'of the sides I, 1, and the curved broken line 19 will beeng'aged by the teeth 18 and by the quick forward movement of the apparatus thrown into a forward position, while the rotary motion of the heater in the direction of the arrow 6 will act by its teeth 7 to shred and tear away the lower portion of the load on the curved line 20. In lieu of the mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for throwing forward the top portion of the load a. rotatin toothed roll 21 may be employed driven d1- rectly from the axle of the beater 5. The toothed roll 21 rotates in the direction of the arrow 22 and serves by its teeth 23 to move the top of the load tdward the forward end of the body. Whenca toothed roll 21 is employed, as shown in Fi 3, I place between the sides 1, 1, a slotte plate or a rake having teeth 24 between which the teeth 23 of the beater pass, said rake teeth 24 being placed eccentricaily to the rota. tiouof the teeth, so that as the teeth 23 pass upward the rake 24. will exert a stripping efiect upon the teeth 23, thereby clearing them of any straw or manure which would otherwise be carried over the top of 0 the toothed roll 21.

I claim,

1. The combination with the body of a manure spreader, a. movable bottom and a rotatable beater of less diameter than the 35 height of said body, of a. piate extending across said body having teeth, said plate pivotally connected with the top of the sides of. said body, and means operative during the rotation of the beater for imparting a go forward circular movement to said plate.

2.. The combination with the body of a manure spreader, a movable bottom and a beater of less diameter than the height of said body, of a plate extending across said bodyhaving teeth, a crank shaft journaled on the top of the sides of said body, cranks connecting said crank shaft and said plate, and means for rotating said crank shaft to carry said cranks in a forward direction as they pass beneath the crank shaft.

In a manure spreader, the combination with a body, a rotatable beater at the rear of said body and a movable bottom for moving the load toward said heater, of a rotatable crank shaft journaled above the plane of the beater, a toothed plate pivotally supported on the cranks of said crank shaft, means for restraining the rotative movement of said plate about its pivotal connection, and means operative during the rotation of the heater for rotating said crank shaft.

4. In a manure spreader, the combination with a body, a rotatable beater at the rear of said body and a movable bottom for movingthe load toward said heater, of a crank shaft journaled above the plane of the beater, a. toothed plate pivotally su ported on the-cranks of said crank shaft, a link connectifig said plate with a fixed point to prevent its rotation about its pivotal support, and means for rotating said crank 5 ft.

5. In a manure spreader, the combination with a beater and means for moving the load toward said heater, of pivoted means for engaging the load above the plane of, thy beater, means for moving the pivot of said on aging means in a circular path,

and means for constraining said straining the free end of said am to move means to move in a. substantially elh tics in horizontally disposed amuate paths bepath, having its major axis horizonta low the plane of sand point.

6. In a manure spreader, the combination Dated this twenty second day of January b ivitg ta; beattier agieineans ffor movin the 1910.

on. war sai ter, 0 a pivo arm adapted to engage a portion of the load THEOPHILUS BROWN above and beyond the influence of said Witn: beater, means for moving the pivot of said Pzmmom Common, 10 arm in a circular path, and means for 0011- Nauru Wmum.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,126,698.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,126,698, granted February 2, 1915, upon the application of Theophilus Brown, of Worcester, Massachusetts, for an improvement in ManureSpi-eaders," an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 3, line 13, for the word p0int read pivot,- and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Olfice.

Signed and sealed this 16th day of March, A. D., 1915.

J. T. NEWTON,

[sun] Acting Commissioner 0] Patents. 

